Still Life (Murder on Ireland's Eye)

Still Life (Murder on Ireland's Eye)

From We Would Be Dead by We Would Be Dead

March 28, 2026 · 1h 43m · Episode 218

About this episode

The episode discusses the 1852 murder case of Maria Kirwan on Ireland's Eye.

In September of 1852, Maria Kirwan and her husband took a small ferry boat from the seaside town of Howth to a little island called Ireland's Eye. Both Kirwan' stepped off the ferry boat, full of excitement for the pleasant day ahead. The Kirwan's planned to swim and sketch and eat a delicious picnic lunch. What they didn't plan though, was that by the end of that day, only one of them would be getting back on that ferryboat....alive. Join us for our 6th St. Paddy's day episode as we discuss the ancient but fascinating cold case that shocked an entire community among the beautiful Irish landscape. Click to learn more (sources) https://ragingfluff.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/the-irelands-eye-murder-case-1852/ https://crowehistory.com/2018/11/09/the-irelands-eye-murder-case/ https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kirwan-william.htm#google_vignette https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/stories/irelands-eye-murder https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/death-on-ireland-s-eye-tragedy-and-mystery-on-a-lonely-patch-of-rocky-shore-1.4792036 Briggs, Katharine – An Encyclopedia of Fairies (1976) Croker, Thomas Crofton – Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (1825) Wilde, Lady Jane –…

People in this episode

Hosts: Holly Knapp, Leslie Weidel

Topics covered

  • murder
  • cold case
  • Ireland
  • true crime
  • history
  • mystery

Keywords

  • Maria Kirwan
  • Ireland's Eye
  • murder case
  • 1852
  • true crime
  • cold case
  • Howth

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Ireland's Eye, Howth

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